Why are most politicians still white?

Why Are Most Politicians Still White?

Newsweek published this story under the headline “A Right to Vote, Not a Right to Win” on May 5, 1980. In light of the 52nd anniversary since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, Newsweek is republishing the story. Fifteen years ago, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act to make sure Southern blacks…